English
Language Arts Test
Book 1
Grade
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January 8–12, 2007
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Acknowledgments CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC is indebted to the following for permission to use material in this book:
Excerpts from “Robots” from New True Books series by Carol Greene, copyright © 1983 by Children’s Press. All rights reserved.
Reprinted by permission of Children’s Press, an imprint of Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc.
“Song of the Polar Bear” from A Hippo’s a Heap and Other Animal Poems by Beverly McLoughland, pictures by Laura Rader, text
copyright © 1993 by Beverly McLoughland, illustrations copyright © 1993 by Laura Rader. Published by Wordsong, Boyds Mill Press, Inc.
Reprinted by permission.
“As Cheerful as Cheerful Can Be” by Mary E. Furlong, illustration by Mary Sullivan from Highlights for Children Magazine’s
August 2003 issue, copyright © 2003 by Highlights for Children, Inc., Columbus, Ohio. Used by permission.
“Fool a Fruit” from How to Grow a Jelly Glass Farm by Kathy Mandry and Joe Toto, copyright © 1974 by Kathy Mandry
and Joe Toto.
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Reading
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In this part of the test, you are going to do some reading. Then you will answer
questions about what you have read.
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Read this article. Then answer questions 1 through 6.
Robots
by Carol Greene
If someone asked you to draw a picture of a robot, how would it look?
Like a person? That’s how we often picture robots in our minds. But real
robots look many different ways.
Some robots have TV cameras for eyes. Some have special cells that help
them touch. Many have computer brains. How robots look depends on the
job they have to do. Some can even have their parts changed so they can do
different jobs.
Some robots look like huge bugs. NASA sent Viking Landers to Mars
in 1976. They moved around on the surface, picked up soil, and did
experiments.
Robots can do boring jobs. They can do dangerous jobs with fast-moving
machinery. They can do messy jobs, such as spray painting. They can do jobs
no person could do, such as picking up hot metal.
Robots don’t get bored. They don’t get tired. They don’t mind getting
messy.
Some people are afraid robots will take jobs away from people. But that
doesn’t have to happen. After all, people are in charge of robots. People
must remember that robots are good at some things and humans are good at
others.
Some robots go around telling people that they don’t have to be afraid of
robots. These robots help people understand that robots can do dull, nasty
jobs so people can do better ones.
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Read the chart below.
What “Robots” Is About
what robots can do
what robots look like
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Which phrase best completes the chart?
A
B
C
D
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how robots eat
how robots sleep
why cameras are like robots
why people are afraid of robots
According to the article, which statement is true about robots?
A
B
C
D
They move quickly.
They help people.
They are messy.
They need to sleep.
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3
Read this sentence from the article.
They can do messy jobs, such as spray painting.
This sentence tells you that spray painting is
A
B
C
D
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not neat
boring
not easy
dangerous
According to the article, why do some people not like robots?
A
B
C
D
Some robots can talk to people.
Some robots pick up hot metal.
Robots might take jobs from people.
Robots look like many different things.
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According to the article, what is the most important thing to learn about robots?
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B
C
D
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how they are built
what jobs they can do
what they are named
how humans talk to them
The author most likely wrote “Robots” to
A
B
C
D
help readers think like robots
make readers laugh about robots
give readers information about robots
tell readers a story about famous robots
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Read this poem about a polar bear. Then answer questions 7 through 11.
Song of the Polar Bear
by Beverly McLoughland
illustrated by Laura Rader
Is a Polar Bear happy in the North
Where blizzards blow and the sea rolls gray?
Though he may not turn cartwheels for joy,
Still—
He doesn’t pack up and move away
Oh no!
He doesn’t pack up and move away.
Is a Polar Bear happy in the North
Where to find his dinner may take all day?
Though he may not laugh and shout hooray,
Still—
He doesn’t pack up and move away
Oh no!
He doesn’t pack up and move away.
Is a Polar Bear happy in the North
Where the swimming is frigid in the middle of May?
Though he may not clap his furry paws,
Still—
He doesn’t pack up and move away
Oh no!
He doesn’t pack up and move away.
Is a Polar Bear happy in the North
Where blizzards blow and the sea rolls gray?
Though he may not turn cartwheels for joy,
Still—
He doesn’t pack up and move away
Oh no!
He doesn’t pack up and move away.
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What is this poem mostly about?
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B
C
D
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what a polar bear’s life is like
how a polar bear swims
how a polar bear plays
what a polar bear eats for dinner
Read the chart below.
Life in the North Is Hard
blizzards blow and the sea rolls gray
?
swimming is frigid in the middle of May
Which phrase best completes the chart?
A
B
C
D
may not turn cartwheels for joy
may not laugh and shout hooray
packing up and moving away
finding dinner may take all day
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Read this line from the poem.
Where the swimming is frigid in the middle of May?
The word “frigid” most likely means
A
B
C
D
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Which detail is most important to the meaning of the poem?
A
B
C
D
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cold
fun
easy
dry
The sea is gray.
The blizzards blow.
The bear does not move away.
The bear does not do cartwheels.
The polar bear in this poem will most likely
A
B
C
D
find a colder place
learn to turn cartwheels
stop swimming in May
stay in the North
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Read this story. Then answer questions 12 through 15.
As Cheerful as Cheerful Can Be
by Mary E. Furlong
illustrated by Mary Sullivan
Miss Dinsmore lived all alone in a little gray house with a white front door.
“It’s a nice little house,” Miss Dinsmore said. “But I wish it looked more
cheerful. Maybe I should paint it a bright, pretty color. Then it will be as cheerful
as cheerful can be.”
Miss Dinsmore went to the paint store. She saw lots of cheerful colors there—
pink and blue and red and yellow and green. It was hard to choose.
“I know what to do,” Miss Dinsmore said at last. “I’ll paint picture after picture
of my house with all of these cheerful colors. Then I’ll choose the one I like best.”
Miss Dinsmore set up her painting easel in the front yard and painted picture
after picture of her little house. She painted a pink house. She painted a blue
house. She painted a red one and a yellow one and a green one. She painted one
with flower boxes under the windows. She painted doors and
shutters = window covers shutters in every color of the rainbow. She took each picture
she painted into the house and hung it on the wall.
“All of my picture houses are pretty,” said Miss Dinsmore. “But I still can’t
decide which color will make my house look as cheerful as cheerful can be.”
And she went on painting pictures.
One day, a neighbor came by while Miss Dinsmore was painting. “What a
pretty picture,” the neighbor said. “I like pictures of houses.”
“You do?” said Miss Dinsmore. “I’ve painted picture after picture of my little
house. Come inside and have a look at them.”
Miss Dinsmore’s neighbor liked the pictures. “I’ll tell the whole town,” she said.
“Everyone will want to see your pictures.”
It was true. Lots of people came to the little gray house to see the pictures.
Miss Dinsmore served them tea.
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“What pretty pictures,” everyone said. “And what a nice little house you have.”
“It is a nice little house,” said Miss Dinsmore. “But I wish it looked more
cheer—”
She stopped and looked around. Her little gray house was full of people
looking at pictures, drinking tea, talking, laughing, and having fun. Miss
Dinsmore smiled. “It’s a nice little house,” she said again. “And it’s a
cheerful little house, too—especially when good friends come to visit me. It’s as
cheerful as cheerful can be.”
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What is Miss Dinsmore’s main
problem in the story?
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A She is too cheerful.
B She has too many visitors.
C She needs help painting her
house.
D She wants her house to be more
cheerful.
What is one part of Miss Dinsmore’s
plan to make her house look more
cheerful?
A She paints her front door.
B She tells the town about her
pictures.
C She paints pictures of her house
in different colors.
D She invites her neighbors to visit
her house.
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The chart below shows events from the story.
Miss
Dinsmore
goes to the
paint store
to choose a
color for her
house.
Miss
Dinsmore
paints
pictures
of her house
in different
colors.
?
A neighbor
stops to visit
Miss
Dinsmore
while she is
painting.
Which sentence belongs in the empty box?
A
B
C
D
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Miss Dinsmore sets up her painting easel in the yard.
Miss Dinsmore’s friends come to her house.
Miss Dinsmore hangs the pictures on the walls.
Miss Dinsmore’s neighbor tells the town about the pictures.
At the end of the story, Miss Dinsmore says her house is cheerful. The word “cheerful”
means full of
A
B
C
D
color
happiness
courage
people
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Read this article. Then answer questions 16 through 21.
Fool a Fruit
by Kathy Mandry and Joe Toto
To have a farm, you don’t need tractors or plows
or acres of land.
All you need are a few things you can find in your kitchen and other
corners of the house. Things like jelly glasses and coffee cans and pie tins.
Spoons, toothpicks, and plastic baggies. Popsicle sticks and paper cups. Pits
and seeds and other leftover parts of the foods you eat. And some potting
soil and sand from the supermarket.
Maybe your farm won’t grow a carrot or an orange. But with enough
sunlight and water and love, you should get a carrot plant or a small orange
tree. And lots of other leaves, vines, and sprouts.
Now try this.
When you suck on an orange, or slurp a grapefruit, or pucker on a
lemon, save the seeds. Soak them overnight in warm water.
Next stick your finger up to your knuckle in a pot of soil. Make a few
holes like that and drop a seed into each hole. Be sure to plant the seeds
about one inch apart or they won’t have room to grow. Gently push the
soil to fill up each hole. Water it all slowly until the soil is all wet and some
trickles out the bottom of the pot.
You have to trick these seeds into thinking they’re home in the tropics or
they won’t grow at all. So keep them in the sunniest window and give them a
rainstorm when they feel dry.
Not every seed will believe you and sprout.
But in two weeks, you’ll find out just how many fruits you can fool.
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According to the article, when planting seeds, which step should you do first?
A
B
C
D
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According to the article, why should you stick your finger in the pot of soil?
A
B
C
D
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Make a hole for the seed.
Soak the seed in water.
Drop the seed into the soil.
Put the seed in a sunny spot.
to make a hole for the seed
to see if the soil is wet enough
to make room for the water
to see if there is enough soil
Read this sentence from the article.
So keep them in the sunniest window and give them a rainstorm
when they feel dry.
To give the seeds a “rainstorm” most likely means to
A
B
C
D
cover them quickly
put them outside
pour water on them
shake them up and down
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Read this sentence from the article.
Water it all slowly until the soil is all wet and some trickles out the bottom
of the pot.
In this sentence, the word “trickles” most likely means
A
B
C
D
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The author most likely wrote this article to
A
B
C
D
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crashes
drips
jumps
washes
get readers to eat more fruit
tell readers about farmers
show readers where to find soil
teach readers how to make a seed grow
According to the article, what are the two ways you can “trick” a seed into thinking
it is in the tropics? Use details from the article in your answer.
1.
2.
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Grade 3
English Language Arts Test
Book 1
January 8–12, 2007